DAISIES

Album

SWAG

Label

Def Jam Recordings

Genre

Alternative Pop

Composer(s)

Justin Bieber;Dijon Duenas;Michael Gordon;Eddie Benjamin;Carter Lang;Dylan Wiggins;Daniel Chetrit;Tobias Jesso Jr.

Entered Chart

Jul 26, 2025

Peak Date

Jul 26, 2025

Released

July 14, 2025

"Daisies," the second track on Justin Bieber's 2025 album Swag, is a pop-R&B ballad that tiptoes between sensuality and vulnerability, with just enough ambient fuzz to make you feel like you've stumbled into a private moment. The song features Bieber's voice front and center floating over a crunchy lo-fi guitar that sounds like it was recorded in a garage. "Daisies" plays with dualities: emotional closeness versus physical distance, and memory versus immediacy. It uses natural imagery - notably, "throwing petals like, 'Do you love me or not?'" - to evoke the uncertainty and longing that can come with love and separation. The song is a candid reflection on the emotional wear and tear of Justin's relationship with wife Hailey. After all, it's not easy balancing global superstardom, late-night feedings and a marriage that has weathered more headlines than most politicians. Bieber and Hailey tied the knot in 2018 and welcomed their first child, a son named Jack, in August 2024. Swag, as an album, leans introspective, and "Daisies" in particular feels like a love letter written in lowercase letters. Hailey gave the track her stamp of approval, posting it on her Instagram Story the day it dropped - modern romance's version of applauding from the wings. The songwriting credits read like a Grammy afterparty guest list: Sir Dylan, Eddie Benjamin, Tobias Jesso Jr., Carter Lang, Dijon, Daniel Chetrit, and Mk.gee all helped Justin Bieber pen the song, with most of them also contributing to the production. The word daisies doesn't appear in the lyrics. Instead, the song draws its title from the age-old ritual of picking flower petals to decode a lover's intentions. The phrase "he loves me, he loves me not" is a classic motif in pop music. Whitney Houston's 1985 hit "How Will I Know" built its bridge around the phrase ("If he loves me, if he loves me not..."), capturing teenage uncertainty in glittering synth. Salt-N-Pepa and En Vogue flipped the phrase in 1993's "Whatta Man" into a confident declaration of affection. Hayley Williams reimagined it as emotional collateral damage in "Roses/Lotus/Violet/Iris" (2020), while Taylor Swift gave it a sorrowful twist in "You're On Your Own, Kid" (2022), picking the petals and accepting rejection as a form of liberation. Then in 2024, Ravyn Lenae made it the hook in her song "Love Me Not." Bieber's version lands somewhere in the middle. Hopeful, but hesitant.

Throwin' petals like, "Do you love me or not?"
Head is spinnin', and it don't know when to stop
You said "Forever," babe, did you mean it or not?
Hold on, hold on
You leave me on read, babe, but I still get the message
You're scared of the light, but it's three dots, but I can connect them
And if it ain't right, babe, you know I respect it
But if you need time, just take your time
Honey, I get it, I get it, I get it

Way you got me all in my head
Think I'd rather you in my bed
Whatever it is, you know I can take it
I'm countin' the days, how many days 'til I can see you again?

Blowin' kisses like, "Will you catch 'em or not?"
I'm Cupid with arrows, babe, I'm just shootin my shot, mmm-mmm
If I could get in, drop me a pin, hop in the whip and come over
Don't wanna be friends, just skin-to-skin, I wanna get closer and closer and closer, uh

The way you got me all in my head
Think I'd rather you in my bed
Whatever it is, you know I can take it
I'm countin' the days, how many days 'til I can see you again?

You got me all, all, all, all of my love (Holding my feelings, babe)
And you got me all, all, all, now I'm nodding my head
And you got me all, all, all, in my feelings, alright (You got me all in my head, you got me nodding my head, you got–)
'Cause you got me all, all, all in my feelings, every time (You got me all in my head, you got me nodding my head, you got–)

The way you got me all in my head (The way you got me all in my head)
Think I'd rather you in my bed
Whatever it is, you know I can take it
I'm countin' the days, how many days 'til I can see you again?